The early Leafs did have a very limited range, about 70 miles for real world use so it would only have been a second car used for tootling around, even now with the bigger batteries, they are a relatively small car to use for regular long journeys. What can be seen from the Leaf though is that the batteries tend to hold up quite well to a fair amount of use.IF it was only charged via rapid charge thats every 28miles on average. At how many hours? A petrol even at 20mpg with a 50litre (200miles per tank) tank would require 600 fills
Ive better things to do with my life
Plug in hybrids will give the best indication of how well batteries will last (tend to get cycled a lot more and worked much harder in terms of power input / output per cell) and manufacturers are offering 120km warranties on some of them, so they have a reasonable degree of confidence.
Single peddle driving mode is nice in the Leaf though (although the majority of the car has suffered from a lack of development since the early days)